Gigster
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder | Roger Dickey, Debo Olaosebikan |
| Headquarters | San Francisco , United States |
Area served | Global |
| Products | Project-on-demand platform |
| Parent | Virtasant (since March 26, 2024) |
| Website | gigster |
Gigster is a technology project-on-demand platform co-founded by Roger Dickey and Debo Olaosebikan, initially headquartered in San Francisco, California. The startup obtained early-stage investment from Greylock Partners, Bloomberg Beta, and notable angel backers such as Naval Ravikant of AngelList, Justin Waldron from Zynga, and Emmett Shear of Twitch. It was part of the Y-Combinator Summer 2015 batch.
On December 7, 2015, Gigster secured $10 million in a Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to advance its AI and machine learning technologies. Later, on August 29, 2017, the company raised $20 million through a Series B financing led by Redpoint Ventures; this round included investments from Andreessen Horowitz and former basketball legend Michael Jordan. The total capital raised amounted to $32.5 million.
Gigster was acquired on May 26, 2021, by Ionic Partners, an Austin-based enterprise software investment firm. Subsequently, on November 1, 2023, Gigster grew its portfolio by purchasing CodersRank, a developer ranking platform located in Debrecen, Hungary.
Most recently, on March 26, 2024, Ionic Partners divested Gigster to Virtasant, a company specializing in cloud optimization services.